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XCLIP-COPYFILE(1) | General Commands Manual | XCLIP-COPYFILE(1) |
NAME¶
xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile - copy and move files via the X clipboardSYNOPSIS¶
xclip-copyfile [-p] FILES...xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES...
xclip-pastefile
DESCRIPTION¶
xclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories.xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards.
- -p
- preserve path formation
xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard
EXAMPLES¶
Copying a file to a remote host[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1 [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile file1 [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile file1 [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ cat file1 A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se Copying an entire tree structure
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-copyfile doc [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile doc/ doc/letter-mom-april.txt doc/file1 doc/letter-dad-march.txt Copying files with preserved path information
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile -p /etc/sysconfig/grub tar: Removing leading `/' from member names [sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile etc/sysconfig/grub [sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ ls etc/sysconfig/grub etc/sysconfig/grub Moving files
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt letter-brother-may.txt [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-cutfile letter-brother-may.txt [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt ls: cannot access letter-brother-may.txt: No such file or directory [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ cd doc [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile letter-brother-may.txt